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resulting crop is ready for marketing about the 

 last of October. Sowings are made about one 

 week apart, from time to time, throughout the 

 season, so as to give a continuous supply of plants. 

 Lettuce seed is very small, and when sown under 

 glass requires but little covering. One ounce 

 of good seed is sufficient for four sashes of the 

 ordinary size, three feet by six. 



The culture of lettuce as an out-door crop is 

 comparatively easy; but when grown under glass 

 it is a much more difficult crop to raise, as through 

 the winter season, when the days are short and 

 there is much cloudy weather, the crop is likely 

 to be affected with mildew and the green fly. 



This green fly or louse is a most difficult insect 

 to manage, especially when the plants have gained 

 a considerable size. A good method to keep 

 rid of them is to fumigate the houses thoroughly 

 with the smoke of tobacco stems. This should 

 be done three nights in succession. In order to 

 make sure of accomplishing the work, in a week 

 or ten days after the third smoking the operation 

 should be repeated ; and by this process, if carefully 

 and thoroughly carried out at the proper times, 

 a crop already attacked may be saved; but it 



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